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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Julie Ranae here....
We typically don't personalize our posts and
we usually get right down to business, but this week
we are taking a different approach, so please bear with me.

The color story graphic this week was chosen for a very special reason....

Nearly 2 years ago, my best friend Sarah Anderson and I
decided that the world was ready for a color challenge
of a different style...one that would encourage
entries of open interpretation & a variety of creative genres...
and The Play Date Cafe was created.
It was a no-brainer for me because with my
card-making background and her love for
mixed media, it was a match made in
paper crafting heaven.

It is with huge mixed emotions from all of
our designers that we say farewell to our
dear friend Sarah as she moves on to a
variety of fabulous creative opportunities in the UK.
Sarah has been asked to be on staff at a fabulous
art cafe (how appropo is that?!) in her hometown
and it's a wonderful new adventure for her.
She has devoted nearly 2 years of her time and talents
to this challenge and now it's time to bless her as she
moves on to this new opportunity.

Sarah's favorite challenges were always ourcolor splash challenges and it just seemed appropriate
to end her term with one.
The sentiment included is one that I wish to
send Sarah off with as she goes on this
new creative journey....

and now let's hear from Sarah....

'I am truly honoured to have been a part of this project.

I would like to say a huge thank you to Julie for including me

right from the beginning. She is such a fantastic DT coordinator,

and the whole team are an extremely talented bunch.

I will miss the friendly team support within the cafe design team,

but know that the friendships we've built will continue beyond the cafe.'

Just click the link of our first designer below{AND DON'T FORGET SARAH'S ABOVE}

and you'll be on your way!

Don't forget...

Color splash is black & white

with a splash of GREEN

We are delighted to welcome another brand new sponsor

to The Cafe again this week....

Our Mission statement: To help papercrafters share the gift of laughter. We have been sharing the gift of laughter one stamp at a time since 2005.Our stamps are manufactured in the United States using the highest quality photopolymer available. It is formulated to resist yellowing, and gives a crisp clean impression every time. Visit us at SkippingStonesDesign.com

This week's Cup of the Week will win abeautiful prize package of two stamp sets valued at $29..

"I am a wife and mother to a teenage daughter. I love to cook, run, and inspire.

Most of all I love to be inspired. Creating is my passion."

This week's sponsor is no stranger to The Cafe and
we hope you will stop by their blog to see beautiful
work from a few of their designers.....

"DiscountCardstock.com was launched in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our mission is to provide great quality cardstock and specialty papers at discount pricing. We offer 100% acid and lignin free, archival quality uncoated cardstocks, as well as metallic, vellum, hand-made specialty papers, envelopes, scored cards and high qualify art paper and cards that are specially coated and developed for use by professional artists and card makers using ink jet printers.

We’ve recently moved to a new facility, expanded our inventory and have hired additional employees to better serve you. We are committed to conducting business in way that minimizes our impact on the environment and most of our products are made from partially or fully with recycled materials and are certified by various green industry leaders"

"STAMPOTIQUE Fine Art Stamps began June 1, 1996, in Phoenix, Arizona, out of the love for rubber stamping and paper crafting. We began as a fine art rubber stamp store and in January 2000, began manufacturing our own rubber stamps. We now ship all over the world, although remaining a ‘mom and pop’ business so that we can still offer full attention to each and every order.

On November 17, 2007, the retail store closed its doors in order to allow us to concentrate on our growing website,

both retail and wholesale.

We hope you will find our site inspirational and continue to revisit at your leisure. Our intention is to continuously update with new images, new samples and all the latest and greatest ‘must haves’ of the industry. Feel free to send us your creations and we will post them on the website for the whole world to enjoy."